Most Popular Names of the 1980s

The top names across the 1980s (1980–1989), totaled over the whole decade. The decade's #1 names were Laura for girls and David for boys.

Girls — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	Laura	66,276
2	Cristina	63,428
3	Maria	60,973
4	Marta	43,380
5	Patricia	39,805
6	Maria Carmen	38,354
7	Raquel	36,750
8	Beatriz	36,497
9	Veronica	34,844
10	Sara	34,096
11	Ana	31,778
12	Rocio	30,236
13	Sandra	30,030
14	Silvia	27,965
15	Ana Maria	27,175
16	Maria Jose	26,538
17	Vanesa	26,091
18	Elena	25,921
19	Lorena	25,068
20	Sonia	22,775
21	Noelia	22,384
22	Nuria	21,220
23	Monica	19,919
24	Miriam	18,833
25	Ana Belen	18,359
26	Natalia	18,072
27	Irene	17,857
28	Carolina	17,665
29	Estefania	17,157
30	Isabel	16,819
31	Tamara	16,469
32	Lucia	16,468
33	Maria Angeles	16,281
34	Vanessa	15,980
35	Maria Isabel	15,737
36	Maria Dolores	15,590
37	Maria Teresa	15,574
38	Maria Pilar	15,384
39	Alicia	15,076
40	Eva	15,026
41	Esther	14,594
42	Susana	14,109
43	Jessica	13,753
44	Maria Mar	13,660
45	Inmaculada	13,369
46	Yolanda	13,119
47	Paula	12,893
48	Lidia	12,883
49	Carmen	12,874
50	Ana Isabel	12,854

Boys — Top 50

#	Name	Babies
1	David	95,580
2	Javier	67,854
3	Daniel	64,175
4	Sergio	47,922
5	Antonio	47,805
6	Carlos	45,753
7	Alberto	42,161
8	Francisco Javier	41,150
9	Manuel	39,948
10	Ruben	39,707
11	Alejandro	37,641
12	Ivan	36,311
13	Jorge	33,395
14	Jesus	32,892
15	Miguel Angel	32,654
16	Jose Antonio	31,711
17	Raul	31,498
18	Francisco	30,513
19	Jose Manuel	29,462
20	Pablo	28,149
21	Jose	27,009
22	Miguel	26,230
23	Jose Luis	24,170
24	Oscar	23,617
25	Alvaro	22,749
26	Rafael	22,722
27	Adrian	22,325
28	Juan	22,032
29	Fernando	22,011
30	Victor	21,538
31	Diego	21,464
32	Roberto	20,234
33	Angel	18,613
34	Jose Maria	18,198
35	Juan Jose	17,923
36	Francisco Jose	17,537
37	Eduardo	17,011
38	Luis	16,043
39	Juan Carlos	15,843
40	Jordi	15,807
41	Pedro	15,682
42	Juan Manuel	15,345
43	Juan Antonio	15,072
44	Enrique	13,630
45	Cristian	13,431
46	Mohamed	13,149
47	Marcos	12,928
48	Ignacio	12,755
49	Andres	12,185
50	Mario	11,896